TPI Mining Webinar

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) will be hosting a webinar on the Carbon Performance methodology that has been created to allow us for the first time to assess the transition of the Mining Sector.

We will be joined by the team behind the methodology at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment based at the London School of Economics. This session will include a brief introduction about the TPI, a discussion on the methodology and some early results. You will be able to put your questions to the research team at the LSE.

The COVID-19 crisis has put social factors at the top of the agenda for market participants, including their materiality for credit risk assessment. This webinar will explore to what extent social factors can impact an issuer’s ability to repay its debt, how to measure them and whether their relevance will continue to increase going forward, compared to governance and environmental issues.

The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the urgency for companies to build a resilient cybersecurity strategy that incorporates strong governance and data protection as a priority. The increase in the number of cyber-attacks poses a significant challenge not just to companies themselves, but also to rightsholders like consumers and other actors in the digital ecosystem that they interact with.
This webinar aims to highlight the implications for investors when assessing companies’ readiness to the threats presented by the pandemic including those relating to digital security, privacy and human rights. Speakers will share the learnings from the PRI collaborative engagement on cybersecurity and discuss the regulatory and ethical implications of recent technological developments aimed at addressing the outbreak.

Join EDF, PRI and Ceres for an investor webinar on methane that will:
• Examine the material risks presented by oil and gas industry methane emissions.
• Share findings from EDF’s 'Hitting the Mark' paper offering actionable recommendations on how companies can more accurately measure and report methane emissions.
• Explore guidance and best practice for investor engagement on methane, including through initiatives such as the Climate Action 100+.

Hear from one of the world’s leading experts, Sir David King, Founder and Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair (Cambridge), former Chief Scientific Advisor and Climate Change Envoy to the British government, who will be talking about Climate, COVID-19 and the role of investors. This will be followed by a panel discussion with leading asset managers who will present the key ESG attributes investors are looking for in a hedge fund manager, how resilient HFs portfolios have been in times of market crisis and what are the areas hedge fund managers should focus on when considering responsible investment practices.

Speakers include:
Sir David King, Founder and Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair (Cambridge), former Chief Scientific Advisor and Climate Change Envoy to the British government
Moderated by: Marisol Hernandez, Head of Asset Owners, PRI

PRI and Vivid Economics present the latest outputs from the pioneering project the Inevitable Policy Response – focussing on the value of nature-based solutions and the opportunities for global investors.

• An inevitable policy response to climate change will increase the breadth and ambition of forest policy, with enormous growth potential for nature-based solutions.
• This large-scale climate forestry effort will involve massive increases in finance, ramped up rapidly across multiple regions.
• Forest-based carbon stocks can generate nearly US$7.7 trillion in net present value through to 2050, increasingly relying on private sector financing mechanisms delivered through novel business models.
• Investors will need to move early and support market development over the near-term in order to position themselves to take advantage of large medium and long term opportunities.

The COVID-19 crisis has given more visibility to already existing social issues and has brought to the forefront the importance for businesses to embed and respect human rights. During this webinar we will cover some of the social risks that have been amplified during the crisis particularly when it comes to global supply chains, including modern slavery, health and safety and layoffs and lack of income protection for workers. We will also cover, how investors are adapting their engagement practices and their expectations for companies now and during the recovery to better prepare and become more resilient to shocks in the future.

The webinar will last for 60 min, and there will be opportunity for Q&A.

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the lives of workers across sectors and geographies. It has put an emphasis on the vulnerability and precariousness of the employment status of some workers and has also exposed, in many cases, the lack of adequate safeguards necessary to protect workers and their rights in times of crisis. During this webinar, we will explore the range of risks different categories of workers have been exposed since the beginning of the pandemic and address how investors can contribute to ensuring jobs, workers and their rights are protected and respected in the midst of the crisis. We will also discuss how these considerations might help anticipate longer-term risks, inform and help shape investor action around job and workers’ protection for the long-term recovery.

The European Green Deal and the economic recovery from COVID-19 will both require substantial public and private finance. Building from the 2018 Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, the renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy will seek additional reforms to align the financial system with the EU’s sustainability goals. This webinar will provide an update on the Commission’s open consultation, ongoing sustainable finance work programme and ongoing discussions on aligning the EU recovery programme with the principles of the Green Deal.

As part of our 10-year Blueprint for responsible investment – looking at how to take responsible investment forward over the next decade – we committed to undertake an extensive review of our Reporting Framework. This includes the reporting indicators themselves, our assessment methodology, the reporting outputs and the platforms to support this.

The Reporting Framework review began with a first consultation phase in 2019. We have now completed a second consultation phase, where signatories had the opportunity to indicate their level of support for the proposal of what a new Reporting and Assessment framework could look like. The proposal was heavily based on signatory feedback during the first consultation phase, with oversight from the PRI Board and support from the Reporting and Assessment Advisory Committee.

As part of our continued engagement with signatories to create a robust new Reporting Framework, we invite you to join one of our webinars with the PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds to hear more about how PRI reporting is evolving. Fiona will be addressing important points raised in the second consultation, test the developments made in the Framework through polling questions, and engage with signatories via a Q&A session.

This webinar will:
• serve as an update on the overall Reporting and Assessment review;
• outline the results from the second consultation phase and how these findings are being incorporated into the development of the Framework;
• provide more detail on the Core/Plus model;
• test the ideas through polling questions; and
• answer any questions the audience might have regarding the development of the new Reporting Framework

As part of our 10-year Blueprint for responsible investment – looking at how to take responsible investment forward over the next decade – we committed to undertake an extensive review of our Reporting Framework. This includes the reporting indicators themselves, our assessment methodology, the reporting outputs and the platforms to support this.

The Reporting Framework review began with a first consultation phase in 2019. We have now completed a second consultation phase, where signatories had the opportunity to indicate their level of support for the proposal of what a new Reporting and Assessment framework could look like. The proposal was heavily based on signatory feedback during the first consultation phase, with oversight from the PRI Board and support from the Reporting and Assessment Advisory Committee.

As part of our continued engagement with signatories to create a robust new Reporting Framework, we invite you to join one of our webinars with the PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds to hear more about how PRI reporting is evolving. Fiona will be addressing important points raised in the second consultation, test the developments made in the Framework through polling questions, and engage with signatories via a Q&A session.

This webinar will:
• serve as an update on the overall Reporting and Assessment review;
• outline the results from the second consultation phase and how these findings are being incorporated into the development of the Framework;
• provide more detail on the Core/Plus model;
• test the ideas through polling questions; and
• answer any questions the audience might have regarding the development of the new Reporting Framework

As part of our 10-year Blueprint for responsible investment – looking at how to take responsible investment forward over the next decade – we committed to undertake an extensive review of our Reporting Framework. This includes the reporting indicators themselves, our assessment methodology, the reporting outputs and the platforms to support this.

The Reporting Framework review began with a first consultation phase in 2019. We have now completed a second consultation phase, where signatories had the opportunity to indicate their level of support for the proposal of what a new Reporting and Assessment framework could look like. The proposal was heavily based on signatory feedback during the first consultation phase, with oversight from the PRI Board and support from the Reporting and Assessment Advisory Committee.

As part of our continued engagement with signatories to create a robust new Reporting Framework, we invite you to join one of our webinars with the PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds to hear more about how PRI reporting is evolving. Fiona will be addressing important points raised in the second consultation, test the developments made in the Framework through polling questions, and engage with signatories via a Q&A session.

This webinar will:
• serve as an update on the overall Reporting and Assessment review;
• outline the results from the second consultation phase and how these findings are being incorporated into the development of the Framework;
• provide more detail on the Core/Plus model;
• test the ideas through polling questions; and
• answer any questions the audience might have regarding the development of the new Reporting Framework

As part of our 10-year Blueprint for responsible investment – looking at how to take responsible investment forward over the next decade – we committed to undertake an extensive review of our Reporting Framework. This includes the reporting indicators themselves, our assessment methodology, the reporting outputs and the platforms to support this.

The Reporting Framework review began with a first consultation phase in 2019. We have now completed a second consultation phase, where signatories had the opportunity to indicate their level of support for the proposal of what a new Reporting and Assessment framework could look like. The proposal was heavily based on signatory feedback during the first consultation phase, with oversight from the PRI Board and support from the Reporting and Assessment Advisory Committee.

As part of our continued engagement with signatories to create a robust new Reporting Framework, we invite you to join one of our webinars with the PRI’s CEO, Fiona Reynolds to hear more about how PRI reporting is evolving. Fiona will be addressing important points raised in the second consultation, test the developments made in the Framework through polling questions, and engage with signatories via a Q&A session.

This webinar will:
• serve as an update on the overall Reporting and Assessment review;
• outline the results from the second consultation phase and how these findings are being incorporated into the development of the Framework;
• provide more detail on the Core/Plus model;
• test the ideas through polling questions; and
• answer any questions the audience might have regarding the development of the new Reporting Framework

Following the recent release of the 3rd edition of PRIs – Technical Guide for LPs: Responsible Investment in PE, join us for this webinar on Thursday, May 21st. We will be hosting three LPs signatories who will discuss both their experience integrating leading RI and ESG practices within the LP investment process, and some of the common, often mythical, barriers to RI and ESG adoption in the LP community. This session will be of interest to LPs, GPs, and the wider PE and ESG community.

The webinar will last for 60 minutes, and there will be an opportunity for Q&A.

Join the PRI webinar jointly with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) on Thursday, 14th May to hear insights from debt issuers on how ESG features in their investor value proposition, debt issuance approach and the implications of COVID-19. This is the last webinar of a three-part series, after those with the credit rating agency and fixed income investor perspectives, and is part of the PRI’s ESG in Credit Risk and Ratings Initiative.

The PRI has recently published a report summarising the outcomes of the collaborative engagement on tax transparency (2017-2019). This webinar will provide an overview of the report and discuss members' views of the progress made and next steps for further action.

Join this webinar to hear from Fiona Reynolds, CEO at the PRI, and investor speakers for an overview of the questions investors should raise on ESG issues during this year’s AGM season in response to COVID-19.

Participants will also have the opportunity to share their views on the key issues investors should consider.